Sarcasm Essays

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen. Satire is a literary manner which blends a critical attitude with humor and wit to the end that human institutions or humanity may be improved. The true satirist is conscious of the frailty of institutions of man’s devising and […]

My essay is about Alan Bleasdale’s two plays “Jobs For The Boys” and “Yossers Story” from the series “Boys From The Black Stuff”. Bleasdale wrote these plays to show how serious unemployment really is. He tries to show that it is stupid that someone is employed to find out if there is anyone employed illegally. […]

The poem ‘Disabled’ by Wilfred Owen tells of one mans turmoil due to the effects of war. Owen describes a man whose life is ruined because now he is ‘legless’ due to the fact that his limbs were blown up in the battlefield. This is evident in the third line of the poem where it […]

‘An inspector calls’ is a morality play written by the author JB Priestly set in 1912, but was actually written in 1944. The whole idea behind the play was to convey a moral message to the audience. The play was set in 1912, as society was extremely different at the time Priestly wrote the play. […]

Richard Eberhart, born in 1904, was a soldier, a naval officer precisely, in world war II,the experience which gave birth to his poem “The Fury of Aerial Bombardment published in 1945. Henry Reed was born in 1914. His own experience in the The Royal Army Ordnance Corps gave birth to his poem ‘Naming of Parts’. […]

Through his critique “On the Scarlet Letter”, D.H. Lawrence vividly portrays his perspective on Hester. He perceives her, stemming from her act of adultery, as a “demon” and perceives her as “the great nemesis of women”. His viewpoints are conveyed effectively through the use of literary tools such as sarcasm, fragmented sentence structure, and repetition. […]

‘The Importance of being Earnest’ is a comical play. The characters and the plot are both comical, but the play may be best described as a social comedy, a comedy of manors. Wilde uses many comic devices to make the play funny but I think the main focus is on using irony in this particular […]

‘Night of the Scorpion’ is a poem by Nissim Ezekiel that utilizes Indian English to capture the essence of Indian culture and ideology. The poet employs the ‘Poetry of Situation’ style to depict the selfless maternal reaction when bitten by a scorpion – ‘Thank God the scorpion picked on me and spared my children’. This […]

Q1 – “A Barred Owl” vs. “The History Teacher” Essay – Draft 2 “A Barred Owl” by Richard Wilbur and “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins both have adults lying to children. A childish tone is given off in “A Barred Owl” that helps the reader relate to the child’s fear while an ironic and […]

The poem “Telephone Conversation” by Nigerian poet Wole Soyinka portrays the indifference and apathy towards Apartheid, particularly from the black community. In a satirical dialogue conducted over the telephone, the poet critiques the intense hatred stemming from racial discrimination. The poem commences on a calm tone as the poet engages in a discussion with the […]